Unit of Measure
Which unit of measure is best used to find the length of a paper clip: centimeter, foot, meter, or yard?
A centimeter
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the length of the classroom?
Yardstick
Aaliyah wants to measure the length of a pen. Which is the better estimate of the length of the pen: 3 centimeters, 40 millimeters, or 13 centimeters?
13 centimeters
Name the unit used to measure the length of a book.
Inches (or centimeters)
A paper clip is about the same size as what unit of measurement?
An inch
Which unit of measure would probably be measured in miles: the length of a stamp, the length of a highway, the length of a desk, or the length of a football field?
The length of a highway
How many inches long is your pencil pouch?(to the nearest inch)
_____ in.
Ms. Foster measured the length of the garden. It measured 9 meters long. How many centimeters long was the garden?
900 centimeters long
Name the four main customary units of measurement.
Inches, feet, yards, miles
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard?
a. 4 feet
b. 10 feet
c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
What unit of measure would you use to measure a piece of chalk: millimeter, meter, or kilometer?
Millimeter
Nicole and Gavin made banners. Nicole's banner is 3 yards long. Gavin's banner is 6 feet long. Who made the longer banner?
Nicole
Suppose you measure a pencil in millimeters and centimeters. Will there be more millimeters or centimeters?
Millimeters
The longest of all of these measurements: 4 feet, 26 inches, 2 yards.
2 yards
Which measurement would be the most accurate for the size of a piece of popcorn?
A. 2 inches
B. 90 centimeters
C. 4 yards
D. 2 centimeters
D. 2 centimeters
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
Feet
Sasha has a necklace that measures 15 inches long. Kaitlynn has a necklace that measures 1 foot, 2 inches long. Who has the longer necklace?
Sasha
Joshua cuts a piece of ribbon in half and cuts each of those pieces in half again. Each piece is now 30 inches long. How long was the original piece of ribbon?
120 inches long
Write down the conversions for each unit of measure.
Foot= __ in.
Yard= __ in. or __ ft.
Foot= 12 in
Yard= 36 in or 3ft
Which measurement would be the most accurate for the average size of a palm tree?
A. 70 inches
B. 7 feet
C. 10 meters
D. 900 millimeters
C. 10 meters
Which is longer, a yard or a meter?
A meter
Peter has a red ribbon and a blue ribbon. The red ribbon is 2 inches longer than the blue ribbon. Together the ribbons are 30 inches long. How long is each ribbon?
16 inches (red) and 14 inches (blue)
What unit of measure would you use for the string of a kite: centimeter, meter, or kilometer?
Meter
Write down the conversions for each unit of measure.
Centimeter= __ mm.
Meter= __ cm. or __ mm.
Kilometer= __ m. or __ cm.
Centimeter= 10 mm
Meter= 100 cm or 1000 mm
Kilometer= 1,000 m or 100,000 cm
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards